Dendrologia, Dodona's grove, or, The vocall forrest / by I.H., Esqr.

Author
Howell, James, 1594?-1666 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
[London] : By T.B. for H. Mosley ..., 1640.
Description
[16], 219 [i.e. 183], [1] p. : ill. (engravings and etchings) ; 29 cm. (fol.)

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Subject(s)
Rare books genre
Notes
  • "A political allegory in prose dealing with events between 1603 and 1640"--DNB.
  • First word of title transliterated from Greek.
  • Signatures: pi² A² a² [b]² B-Z⁴ 2A⁴.
  • The engravings are signed by Matthaeus Merian.
  • First edition.
  • Errors in pagination: no. 33-38, 136-165 omitted.
Binding note
Ex copy bound in full plain calf.
Provenance
Ex copy has contemporary ink annotations providing names of those referred to allegorically. At end, in a contemporary hand in ink "Dodona's Grove or ---- A parly held by trees in the vocall Forrest: The reall subject." Evelyn MS 492 in the British Library is a similar key and is headed "The real subject."
References
STC (2nd ed.) 13872
Other title(s)
  • Dodona's grove
  • Vocall forrest
LCCN
95227713
OCLC
34477386
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